Statewide

This article about Green Party Mayor Gayle McLaughlin and Richmond, CA was published in the New York Times.

“The Occupy Wall Street movement has burst onto the scene, calling for an end to corporate domination all over the globe. We, in Richmond, are part of this movement and have everything to gain from it.” says Mayor McLaughlin.

Eleven California Greens ran in municipal elections on November 8th. Seven were elected, including two to the Town Council in Fairfax, where Greens retained the city council majority there they first achieved in 2009.

Fairfax voters Tuesday decided to stick with its Green Party majority town government by giving Mayor Larry Bragman a third term on the Town Council and electing Ryan O'Neil to his first term.

Green Party members Linda Piera Avila, Mud Baron and state party spokesperson Michael Feinstein spoke against a warehouse development on the land of the South Central Farm, at the Budget and Finance committee hearing of the Los Angeles City Council.